Daily Briefing for October 13, 2026
Physician in the Loop · Oct 13, 2026 · 5:15
Physician in the Loop · Oct 13, 2026 · 5:15
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Epic pediatric sepsis alert misses most cases; FDA warns of Lumify ultrasound failures; Stryker puts $400 million into CMR; Google adds AI health trends
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An Epic Systems alert for pediatric sepsis caught 36% of cases across eight New York emergency departments, researchers from Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian reported Oct. 5 in JAMA Pediatrics; Epic disputed parts of the study.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an early alert Oct. 9 tying a software and cable problem in Philips' Lumify handheld ultrasound to four deaths and eight serious injuries, with the greatest risk in ambulances and other places with poor connectivity. Stryker agreed Oct. 12 to invest about $400 million in CMR Surgical and become the exclusive U.S. seller of its Versius soft-tissue robot, and Google introduced a Fitbit tracker that reports AI-derived blood pressure and insulin resistance trends under a general wellness label.
The FDA also cleared Click Therapeutics' Motivista, a prescription smartphone app and the first authorized treatment for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The Epic, Lumify and Motivista items were first reported last week and run here as catch-up items.
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